Creel.



vl'l- D. COLMAN.

' cam. APPLICATION nuso JULY 30.1913. I

' Patented Aug. 13, 1918.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. 1

HOWARD I). COLMAIL OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, .ASSIGNOR TO HOWARD I). COLMAN,

LUTHER L. MILLER, AND HARRY A. SEVERSON, COPARTNERS DOING AS BARBER-COLIVIAN COMPANY, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

BUSINESS To all whom it may concern: p

Be itknown that I, HOWARD D. Co man, a citizen of the United States, residingat Rockford, in the county ofWinnebagoand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Creels, of which the following is a specification;

I This invention relates to creels such, for example, as aroused to support the spools, cheeses or other yarn masses whichare to be unwound informing a warp. The invention has particular reference to the type of creel comprising removable sections adapted to be used at the spooleror winderas a receptacle or support for they arn masses when removed from the spooler or winder and adapted to be transported to and placed in the creel. e

In theaccompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a warper creel 6mbodying the features ofmy inventien, the creel being shown in operative relation toa warper. Fig. 2 is an elevation of a threadguiding structure located betweenthe creel and the warper, the View being taken the plane. of dotted 111142 of Fige l. Figs. 3

and 4 arefragmental details of gertain yarnguiding devices. Fig. 5 is an end viewof the creel, the view being taken in the plane of dotted line 5 of Fig. 1. Fig.6-is a plan view of one of the removable creel-sections loaded withcheeses. Fig. 7 is ajsectional view of one ofthe creel-sections,thelview being taken in the plane of dottedline'Z of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a View illustrating the manner in which the yarn masses are mounted a for rotation on the creel-sections.

The present embodiment of the I invention is especially adapted for cylindricalyarn masses wound upon coresa, such yarn masses being termed cheeses, but it will be understood that the invention is susceptible of use in connection with yarn masses of various otherforms. e I a In the formherein shown, the creel consistsof a stationary supporting. structure or frame 1 and a plurality of removable cheesesupporting sections 2. In this instance, the supporting framework isad apted to support six horizontal rows or series of creehsections 2, there being three such rows oneachslde of the creel frame. As herein shown; the

frame 1; comprises pairsfof cross-bars 3 whichnre rigidly secured to. upright frame- Specificationof Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 13, 1918; Application i led :rul 30,1913. "serial lva filslf eachf'base is shown asprovidedwith three sets (if cheese-supporting elements, eachset consisting of a spindle 9 (Fig. 7) rigidly securedto the base and rotatably supporting a suitable number of rollers 10 on whichthe cheeses may be mounted. Herein I have shown four suchrollers on each spindle. At

or tip 11. 12 are suitable washers.

As shown in Fig. 8;theends of the rollers the outer end of the: spindle isfixed asleeve 10' arereduced in diameter, thus forming annular shoulders 13 preferably ofconicalflor tapering ronnadapted tolie between the internal shoulders b of the cheese cores a, whereby the cheeses are prevented from moving laterally into'contact withadjacent cheesesflwhen revolvingin. the creel. The greatest diameter of the roller 10 is sufficiently less than the smallest internal diameter of the cheese core, so thatthe cheese core may be readily slipped 011 and oif the roller by the operative; 6 When the creel section is in place on the creel frame, the cheese cores a are outyof contact with each other. When the creel section is in a vertical position. the

cheese cores on a given spindle restupon one another. r The ereel-sections 2 are adapted tobe sapported upontheir sides upon the cross-bars gitudinallylofthe cross-bars by reason of the 14in thecross-bars.

fact that the bases 8 lie in shallow reces e 3 of the creel frame, the tips of the spindles resting uponthe bars5 and 6, and thecreelsections beingheld against displacement lon- The means for guiding theyarn I cheeses to the warper W (which machine may be of any suitable character) comprises a rigid; frame 15 secured in uprighteposition betweenone enjd ofthe creel andthe warpjer. H

extending longitudinally of the creel. this instance the eyes 17 are provided by In the frame are secured devices forguiding the individual"strands. In the form hereinshown, thesedevices are formed by means of bars 16 having eyes 17 therein.- There is one such bar for each row of cheesfs -n forming eachxbar16'of two thin bars 16 welded or otherwise secured together, in each of which bars is a series of bayonet slots,

the slotsof the two bars extending inoppo site directions, .and the points 17*; formed by the cutting of said slots being bent outwardly, as indicated-in Fig. 4 so as to provide'an inclined. entrance to each eye, The

; threadmay be readily inserted into the eye by theioperative, but can not leave said eye in the operation; of the warper.

f' .Thelframe. 15' is secured-in place by any suitable ineansas, for example, braces 18 extending between said frame and the creel frame.-

1 The cheeses are not intended to be. wholly unwound. After the. desired amount of yarn has ,beenhunwound from the cheeses, the strands are severed and the creel-sec- "tions. 2, with the cheese cores remaining thereon, are lifted 'fromthe creel frame and transported to the winder. They .are there Positioned .orhandled in such a way that it shall be convenient for the winder operativesjto take the cheese cores off the spindles 9 and place them'on the winder, full cheeses when removed 'fromthe winder being immediately placed on the spindles 9. When the creel-sections are full, they are returned .to the Warper room to be agaln placed .upon the "creel frame, the ends ofdthe yarn on the cheesesbeing. tied or otherwise connected: to the old threads. f v V The' 'invention, is claimed generically in application Serial O. 133,982, "filed Nov.

'comprisinga plurality of. horizontal super- I claim. as my invention: 1 .5 1. A creel having, incornbination, a frame posed shelf-like structures, .a series of creel sections removablyf supported. upon each shelf-like structure, each creel section comprising a base. and a plurality of horizontal spindles extending at right angles to the base, said bases 'extendinglongitudinally of the.shelf likestructures, the spindles extending horizontally and transversely of the shelf-likestructures, each spindle being of sufficieiit length. to. support -a plurality. of

' yarnearriers, the, running threads of the yarn "carriers extending longitudinally of and between theshelf-like structures, and. means at one end of the frame for guiding f the running threads.

eaclrshelf-like structure, each creel section -cornpris1ng a base and a plurality of horizontal spindles extending at right angles to the base, said bases extending longitunlinally of the shelf-like structures and the spindles extending horizontally and transversely of the shelf-like structures, the running threads of the yarn carriers extending longitudinally of and between the shelf-like structures.

3. A creel having, in combination, a shelf like structure, a series of creel sections removably supported upon said structure, each creel section comprising a base and a plurality of horizontal spindles extending at right'angles to the base, said bases extending longitudinally of the shelf-like structure and the spindles extending horizontally and transversely of the shelf-like structure, each spindle being ofsufiicient length to support a plurality of yarn carriers, the running threads of the yarn carriers extending longitudinally of and above the shelf-like structure.

i 4. A creel consisting of a frame comprising a horizontal row of supports and horizontalsu'pporting means extending parallel with and in approximately the same horizontal plane as said row of supports, and creel sections'removably supported by said row of supports and said horizontal supporting means, and comprising yarn-mass-supporting spindles extending transversely of said row of supports.

5. A-creel comprising a frame, a plurality of superposed horizontal rows of creel sections removably supported on said frame, said rows being spaced apartto provide passageways for the threads between the rows, and yarn-guiding means located at one end of said rows and in line .with said passageways. I

i 6. A creelhaving, in combination, a creel section consist-ingofan elongated base and a plurality of spindles, a horizontal support having. a socketto receive one longitudinal edge, of said base, and means to support the tips of the spindles- 7..A creel having,.in combination,a plurality= of horizontal -,superposed series of spindles, said spindles *extending transversely of the series, and each spindle being of suflieient length to support a plurality of yarn carriers, saidspindles extending horizontally, and the running threads of the yarn. carriers which are mounted uponithe lower horizontalseries of spindles extending longitudinally of and between the series of spindles.

. 8 A creel having, in combination, a frame comprising a-plurality of. horizontal superposed shelf-like.structures, a series of creel sections reniovably supported; upon each shelf-like structure, said series extending longitudinally of the shelf-like structures,

each creel section comprising a base and a plurality of horizontal spindles, said spin- In testimony whereof I afllx my signature dles extending transversely of the series of inpresence of two Witnesses. creel sections, and each spindle being of sufiicient length to support a plurality of HOWARD COLMAN yarn carriers, the running threads of the Witnesses:

yarn carriers extending longitudinally of M. H. MANN,

and between the shelf-like structures. I GEORGE L. CHINDAHL.

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